Arms imports at constant USD prices from 1990 reached 66.0 USD mil in 2015 in Philippines, according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database.
This is
15.8 %
more than
in the previous year.

Historically, arms imports at constant USD prices from 1990 in Philippines reached an all time high of 249 USD mil in 1976 and an all time low of 1.00 USD mil in 2009.
When compared to Philippines's main peers, arms imports at constant USD prices from 1990
in China amounted to 1,536 USD mil, 1,003 USD mil in Indonesia and 773 USD mil in Vietnam in 2015.

Philippines has been ranked 57th within the group of 134 countries we follow in terms of arms imports at constant USD prices from 1990,
18 places above the position seen 10 years ago.

Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licences.

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Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licences. The data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armoured vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Transfers of other military equipment, such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, light artillery, ammunition and support equipment, technology transfers, and other services are excluded. India, Australia and South Korea were the largest importers of arms in 2010, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, as they bought arms worth USD 3.3, 1.7 and 1.1 billion each (at 1990 constant prices).